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MAKEDONIEN. SIRIS. 1/8 Stater (0,77g). 530 - 480 v. Chr. Vs.: Nackter Satyr n. r. hockend, im Feld zwei Punkte. Rs.: Diagonal geteiltes Incusum. SNG Cop. 189; SNG ANS 971ff. (jeweils Lete). Tönung, gutes ss
Die Zuweisung dieser in der älteren Literatur unter "Lete" zu findenden Münzen an Siris, dem heutigen Serres, gelang durch ein Exemplar in der Auktion Leu 81, 16. Mai 2001, Nr.147, dessen gute Erhaltung erst die Lesung des Stadtnamens ermöglichte.
In earlier literature coins of this type were all catalogued as 'Lete' (c.f. A.C. Smith, The Archaic Coinage of 'Lete' in Proceedings of the 12th International Numismatic Congress, Berlin 2000, group 7). This attribution was based on Svoronos's incorrect reading of a late, inscribed issue, whereas more recent studies show that the ethnic is ΣΙΡΙΝΟΝ (retrograde) for the town of Siris in the Pangeon region.
Die Zuweisung dieser in der älteren Literatur unter "Lete" zu findenden Münzen an Siris, dem heutigen Serres, gelang durch ein Exemplar in der Auktion Leu 81, 16. Mai 2001, Nr.147, dessen gute Erhaltung erst die Lesung des Stadtnamens ermöglichte.
In earlier literature coins of this type were all catalogued as 'Lete' (c.f. A.C. Smith, The Archaic Coinage of 'Lete' in Proceedings of the 12th International Numismatic Congress, Berlin 2000, group 7). This attribution was based on Svoronos's incorrect reading of a late, inscribed issue, whereas more recent studies show that the ethnic is ΣΙΡΙΝΟΝ (retrograde) for the town of Siris in the Pangeon region.